歸 (gwai1 | gui1 ) : return; come together; belong to

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歸

gwai1

gui1

[1] return; go back; give back to
[2] come together; converge; gather
[3] belong to; rest with; be in charge
[6] division on the abacus

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Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 止 (#77)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

歸 / 归

This word has been viewed 8592 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jun 2010 05:30

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歸竇 gwai1 dau3 gui1 dou4 = pass away; die

歸去 gwai1 heoi3 gui1 qu4 = return

歸類 gwai1 leoi6 = to categorize; categorization

回歸 wui4 gwai1 hui2 gui1 = [1] to regress; regression; [2] to retrocede; retrocession

歸根到底 gwai1 gan1 dou3 dai2 gui1 gen1 dao4 di3 = in the final analysis

歸納 gwai1 naap6 gui1 na4 = to conclude

歸結 gwai1 git3 gui1 jie2 = to sum up

歸還 gwai1 waan4 gui1 huan2 = to return

改邪歸正 goi2 ce4 gwai1 zing3 gai3 xie2 gui1 zheng4 = to turn over a new leaf

歸心 gwai1 sam1 gui1 xin1 = converted to (religion)
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Showing 1 example containing 歸

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

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Decimal representation of this word: 歸
Unicode code for this character: U+6b78 (off-site link)

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